芳村

Chinese

		fragrant	village
trad. (芳村)		芳	村
simp. ^#(芳村)		芳	村

Etymology

“psychiatric hospital”: From John Kerr's Hospital (惠愛醫癲院) in the defunct Fangcun District, the first psychiatric hospital in Guangzhou.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Fāngcūn

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤㄘㄨㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹ cyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Fāngcūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤㄘㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Fangcun
  - Wade–Giles: Fang¹-tsʻun¹
  - Yale: Fāng-tswūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Fangtsuen
  - Palladius: Фанцунь (Fancunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong¹ cyun¹
  - Yale: fōng chyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹ tsyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong¹ qun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn⁵⁵/

Proper noun

芳村

Fangcun, Guangzhou
(historical) (～區) Fangcun District (a former district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)

Noun

芳村

(Guangzhou Cantonese, slang) psychiatric hospital
你快啲去芳村啦！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
nei⁵ faai³ di¹ heoi³ fong¹ cyun¹ laa¹! [Jyutping]
You must be mad! (literally, "Hurry up, go to Fangcun Psychiatric Hospital now!")

Synonyms

(psychiatric hospital): (Hong Kong Cantonese) 青山 (qīngshān)